Rapper Nicki Minaj told authorities she was “struck” in the lower lip by a man … during a heated argument at a swanky Dallas, TX hotel last night … law enforcement sources tell TMZ. TMZ has learned … Minaj was hanging out at the pool at the fancy Palomar Hotel when she got into a very intense verbal spat with an unidentified man she was staying with. Nicki told a hotel employee to call police … While the man went to their hotel room. Nicki followed soon after. When cops and paramedics arrived, Nicki told authorities their poolside fight continued inside of their room … and the man hit her in her lower lip.

The man had already left the scene when cops arrived … but Nicki insisted she did NOT want to press charges. Nicki also claimed she was NOT in a relationship with the alleged attacker. Cops tell us an incident report was taken … but no charges will be filed per Nicki’s request.

Rumors have it that the unknown man was her long time boyfriend and hype man. This makes sense because they say the unknown man was staying in her hotel room with her, and that the altercation began near the pool and that she followed him from the pool to the room to continue the altercation. Now she is unwilling to press charges against said man. Does this situation sound similar? It does to me. A similar tone was set with Rihanna and Chris Brown when she initially went back to him right after the incident. I think what we often forget is how young these Pop stars are. Although they have the world at their hands, most of them are not even 30 years old yet. They have little life experience. These are the role models that our young girls are admiring.

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